The employment situation in rural and urban population of Pakistan

The total population of Pakistan in 2004 was 148.72 million and according to survey of man power in 2001-02
 the total working population was 45.05 million or 29.61 per Out of the total working population, 30.19 million
(67.63 per cent) was in rural areas and 14.85 million (32.97 per cent) in the urban areas. .
The facts and figures pertaining to the working population from 1995 to 2004 in Pakistan, are given in the following table:

YEAR      MANPOWER                    RURAL             URBAN million          million annual increase      million % share   million % share  1995   34.18        -                   23.96  70.09          10.22   29.90  1996   35.01      2.43               24.27  69.32         10.74   30;68  1997   37.46      7.0                  26.02  69.46         11.44   30.54  1998   39.25      4.78               27.57  70.74         11.68   29.76  1999   40.16      2.32                28.11  70.00        12.05   30.00  2000   40.55      0.97                27.96  68.95        12.59   31.05  2001   41.39      2.07                28.44  68.71        12.95   31.29  2002   43.22      4.42                28.98  67,05        14.24   32.95   2003   44.13      2.00                29.59  67.05        14.54   32.95  2004   45.04      2.06                30.19  67.03        14.85   32.97

Labour Force Survey-2004
   
LABOUR FORCE PARTICIPATION RATE:
Labour Force Participation Rate can be estimated through 'Crude Activity Rate' (CAR) and 'Refined Activity Rate' (RAR). Crude Activity rate refers to the total working force while Refined Activity Rate means the working people of more than 10 years of age. According to the Labour Force Survey Report of 2001-02 of Pakistan, the CAR in the total population of the country is 29.6 per cent. This ratio in 1996-97, was 28.7 percent which increased to 29.4 in 1997-98. But afterwards, it decreased to 29 per cent in 1999-2000. In 2001-02 it again increased to 29.61 per cent.
Similarly, the proportion of the working people of 10 or year of age (RAR) in 1996-~7 , was 43 per cent
which increased to 43.3 per cent in 1997-98 but decreased to 42.8 % in 1999-2000. It increased to 43.3 per cent in 20J2-o3. CompariSon of ruraland urban working. forcer reveals that the working population ratio in rural areas is more than that in urban areas. It is because of the fact that economy of Pakistan is an agrarian economy and cultivation is the family occupation in the villages of Pakistan. The proportion of working female is lower than that of male population and this is the reason that their share in economic activities is also low.